- Date
- October 16, 1982, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Conyers, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N52333Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821016052939A
- Case key
- 70334
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Aircraft was observed making low passes. During on of these low passes aircraft collided with wires, trees and a tennis court. Pilots blood ethanol level was 214 mg percent. The pilot had not been given permission by the owner to fly the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52333
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262535
- Airframe hours
- 695
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R-25A, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lucas, Thomas Clifford II
- Registered owner
- Gobel Mattingly/Oakwood Farms
- Departed
- Covington, GA
- Destination
- Covington, GA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 153 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.